That one controversial remark made during the Black Lives Matter demonstration on 1 June 2020 forms the starting point for the documentary Akwasi: ‘The moment I see a Zwarte Piet in November, I’ll personally kick him in the face.’ In the months that followed, this ‘slip of the tongue’ took on a life of its own and set all sorts of developments in motion, forcing the eloquent rapper to face up to the world around him – and to himself – in a profound way.